A huge congratulations from everyone at BrightonMums.com to Heidi for completing the half marathon, against the odds after a recent injury! We’re so proud and here is her story…. Training for my half and full marathon came to a bit of a stand still after the Brooks 10k Race in November last year. I sprained both of my ankles and despite frequent visits to my osteopath, couldn’t get them strong enough to return to training, [...]

This year  I have totally turned into a tech geek. From my love of the MacBook Pro and iPad 2 I reccieved in 2011 I have turned into a bit of an accessory geek this year. Anything from sparkling up my iPhone case to more needed items like a wifi keyboard and stand.

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Big Sunday: An Event Designed By Mothers, For Mothers Mums spend a great deal of time occupied with the welfare of others. But when do they get to relax and spend some proper quality time doing things they enjoy? Big Sunday is a fully facilitated day of relaxation and self-expression uniquely for Mums. I’ve been helping to organise the day, so can vouch for day with Mums’ needs at the heart of every activity. The [...]

All next week on BrightonMums.com it’s Active Travel Week. We’ve team up with Brighton & Hove Council’s travel planning team to bring you daily features on ways to get fit, get around and get economising through cycling, walking and greener driving.

In today’s guest post, Stacey from The Therapy Lounge discusses Postnatal Depression and alternative methods of treatment.

Welcome to the fitness blast written especially for Brighton Mums (and Dads too, don’t think you can get out of it that easily!). Rob from StrideFit will be joining us on a regular basis to put us through some gentle fitness help!

  This straightforward seven day walking programme is for those who aren’t used to a great deal of walking at a good pace.  The aim of this is to gradually introduce you to a brisk walking pace – which is where you will start to breath more heavily and burn more calories. At the start of the programme we assume that you’ll be able to walk at a moderate pace of around 2.5-3 miles per [...]

Welcome to the first fitness blast written especially for Brighton Mums (and Dads too, don’t think you can get out of it that easily!).

Local singer, songwriter Mee has made it through to the regional final of MTV’s Live and Unsigned. Local mum of three, 36 year old Alexandra Sawyer, known as Mee on stage, impressed judges and beat out stiff competition at the audition stage of the UK’s biggest original music competition. Mee will be performing her own songs to a crowd at the Hove Centre, where judges and the audience will vote on the best performer. She [...]